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Jun15 2

Pregnant Walk – Flipbook

Posted by Avner Engel in Animation, Flipbook

A couple of weeks ago, I saw pictures of my pregnant cousin, her belly is absolutely enormous, which means she is due any day now. That thing actually lead me to my next idea, why wouldn’t I try to animate a pregnant woman walk? It seemed like a pretty cool idea to me then, so while the creative juices were flowing, I started to think and research about it. Unfortunately I didn’t come across a lot of good reference on the internet so instead I started walking around the house with...

Jun14 1

Angry Walk Cycle Polishing Pass

Posted by Avner Engel in Animation

Once I was happy with the general feel and energy of the walk, it was time to sit down and start polishing my curves in the graph editor. I went in and checked my arcs and spacing to make sure everything hit on the time. Here is what it looks like now. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page]

Jun12 0

Angry Walk Splining Pass

Posted by Avner Engel in Animation

After the first blocking pass, it felt like the walk was a little bit too overacted, there were too ups and downs and It didn’t feel like the character has some sort of sincere purpose. Although my intention was to create an angry walk, it didn’t feel angry enough. I did a little bit of thinking, and then I thought some more about the elements I should look at like the intention of the character, why is he angry, whats working and what isn’t working, what are the things I...

Jun12 1

Angry Walk Cycle Blocking Pass

Posted by Avner Engel in Animation

Just a quick post with the first linear pass for theangry walk cycle in Maya. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page]

Jun10 0